[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ICT use for sustainable livelihoods
The groups that face the greatest difficulty in getting remunerative employment in the developing world are young people (ages 15 to 24) and women.
[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Given the under-representation of women in ICT policy and decision-making processes generally, ICT policies and regulations are on average silent on women
[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Though an administrative mess and a flop by bureaucratic standards, the interesting thing about the short-term interaction of Media Lab Asia with the MIT, Indian NGO community and India
Software experts have designed simputers to help the traffic cops to better equip them in the management of burgeoning traffic in Indian city Bangalore.
The Finance Minister of India has planned up to double the taxpayer base by 2010-11. To make this plan successful, a massive IT networking strategy that promises to increase the number of the tax payers in the country is going to be introduced.
European Commission has called for interoperability among all national and regional administrations in the EU – using e-Government systems.
Spectrum crunch is forcing the Department of Telecom (DoT) to think wire-line. The DoT has asked non commercial users of spectrum such as Defence agencies to shift their communication links from wireless to wire-line mode wherever optic fibre cable is available.
The NSW government is planning to implement a four-year state-wide information and communications technology (ICT) plan and reform e-procurement as a strategic part to save the state AU$2.5 billion in public sector costs.
Parliament Office Vienna and the Federal Chancellery win Electronic Government prize in International Speyer Quality Awards.
The score card for the first quarter of fiscal 2006, released Feb. 2, shows that eight departments moved from red to yellow or from yellow to green for their e-Government initiatives, while 16 departments had mixed results, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
